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Some good advice there. Glad you are enjoying me old friend Frankincense. A great friend of the aromatherapist with a nervous couch client. Egyptians used it to embalm bodies to cover the smell!

For me, Brain injury early years the sense of smell and taste was not missed. As systems came back, smell and taste was important.

Last year was the year of clearing the sinuses for me. In my diffuser, I used rosemary, eucalyptus, frankincense and pine. Started it off as I was going to sleep with window open just a tiny bit. Helped me breathe clearly while I slept and happy to report this year, my sinuses are free! Bliss.

Interesting about the Egyptians embalming the bodies with Frankincense. You learn something new everyday :).

I think my sense of smell and taste has been lowered ever so slightly, so I shall use the diffuser and frankincense and helichrysum and probably try some other oils.

I might try out lemon. I sometimes get times where I feel quite sleepy and my eyes get heavy. That might be a part of fatigue which the frankincense has helped with but I heard lemon wakes you up. I think that is what I could do with.

I am sorry to hear your sinuses have been giving you jip. The only thing I can think is that you are having a reaction to the frankincense or referring to recovering H's comment, the frankincense may be helping you clear your sinuses.

Out of interest, where did you get yours?

When I first read about frankincense it said you had to make sure you had a good quality one or one that was 100% therapeutic grade/100% pure.

From what I have read about frankincense and some other oils, frankincense not only is good for people with brain injuries but also calming too and I can agree on the calming side as I normally use frankincense in the diffuser while I sleep and I have always had a good sleep.

Whenever I sleep without the diffuser, I don't sleep as well or I wake up earlier.

I don't know a lot about seizures because I don't get them but I think essential oils in a diffuser would most probably help.

The thing to watch out for is that there is a lot of good and bad information on the internet.

Having said that, the things I have read could be a load of rubbish but seeing as it helps then it can't be.

The thing I would probably do is not to rely on one source of information but rather from sources telling you similar information.

Some busybody peering through the window of a Headway meeting and then running off to call the Police - there a group of strange people in a room, they are all sniffing stuff from bottle, don't know what they are taking but some of them can't walk or talk properly ......